Comiskey Park Represented In Wrigley Field Mural

By Chuck Sudo in News on May 16, 2014 3:30PM

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The Cubs are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field this year and, in typical Cubs fashion, they can’t even get that right.

The Cubs commissioned a series throughout the ballpark depicting historic moments in Wrigley Field’s history. One of the murals is supposedly of a 1927 visit to Wrigley Field by aviation hero Charles Lindbergh after his landmark solo trans-Atlantic flight. Except there was never any indication Lindbergh visited Clark and Addison.

Chicago Now blogger and historian Floyd Sullivan explains.

I didn’t remember reading anywhere that [Lindbergh] stopped at Wrigley Field. So I looked more closely at the photograph and took a hard look at the rather blurry background.

Arched windows. Not distinct, but definitely there.

After the game I returned home and examined a similar photograph I had considered including in the book. It’s from the Chicago History Museum and clearly shows the arched windows in the background of a shot labeled as being photographed at Comiskey Park.

Ruh-roh.

Cubs vice president Julian Green told WBBM Newsradio the ballclub has known about the problem for “about a week” and Sullivan wasn’t the first person to point out the faux pas. Green called it an obvious mistake and that the ballclub chose the Lindbergh photo from a series of images labeled “Wrigley Field.” Sullivan notes Lindbergh started his Chicago victory tour at what is now known as Midway Airport, drove to Comiskey Park and ended his tour at Soldier Field.

On top of the obvious nods to Comiskey Park in the photo, Sullivan reminds us the Cubs were still building their upper deck at the time of Lindbergh’s visit to Comiskey. Let this serve as a reminder to not take anything at face value.